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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation control key

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Examples

  • To make the text larger or smaller, just depress and hold down the 'ctrl' key (lower left) and press either the 'plus' or 'minus' key (on the right side) and the text gets larger or smaller accordingly.

    Firefox Glitch, Please Help 2006

  • Chuck Norris doesn't have a 'ctrl' button on his keyboard.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Hit "ctrl" and "." and it will show up in Word documents, e-mail, instant messages and other applications.

    IndyStar.com Top Stories 2010

  • It doesn't have an scrolls; you're going to have to explore with the little boxes at the bottom or you hold down 'ctrl' and slide around with your mouse.

    Carsonified kat Neville 2010

  • It doesn't have an scrolls; you're going to have to explore with the little boxes at the bottom or you hold down 'ctrl' and slide around with your mouse.

    Carsonified » Blog 2010

  • It doesn't have an scrolls; you're going to have to explore with the little boxes at the bottom or you hold down 'ctrl' and slide around with your mouse.

    Carsonified kat Neville 2010

  • It doesn't have an scrolls; you're going to have to explore with the little boxes at the bottom or you hold down 'ctrl' and slide around with your mouse.

    Carsonified » Blog kat Neville 2010

  • Chuck Norris doesn't have a 'ctrl' button on his keyboard.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • It doesn't have an scrolls; you're going to have to explore with the little boxes at the bottom or you hold down 'ctrl' and slide around with your mouse.

    Carsonified kat Neville 2010

  • There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris's computer.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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